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| No.1 | "Tea Olive" A world consisting of 18 holes: founder Bobby Jones saw Augusta as homage to the Old Course in St. Andrews in Scotland. This is where the members of the St. Andrews Golfers Society came together in 1764 to consider the number of holes of which a round of golf should consist. One member volunteered: "I can obtain eighteen 'drams' from a bottle of whiskey. When the bottle is empty, the round is over. It's the same with a round of golf." Whether this influenced the Society's decision to play 18 holes is not know but as the Society has an enormous influence over the development of golf at the time, eighteen holes quickly became the worldwide standard. |
| No.2 | "Pink Dogwood" The final round of the 2002 Masters, Tiger Woods sunk a chip at the 2nd hole, an approach shot from right near the green, the ball only flew a short distance and rolled the rest of the way to the hole. A brilliant stroke on the way to victory in the Masters. |
| No.3 | "Flowering Peach" At first sight Flowering Peach appears to be a straight-forward hole, but this is precisely where Jeff Maggert had problems in the final round of the 2003 Masters. When he attempted to free the ball from a difficult bunker, it struck the edge of the bunker, bounced back, hit him on the check and fell back into the bunker. |
| No. 4 | "Flowering Crab Apple" It was at the 4th hole that Jeff Sluman achieved a "hole-in-one" at the 1992 Masters. This is a dram of all golfers, where the ball is holed directly from the tee. To this day Sluman is the only golfer to have managed this stroke of luck at the 4th hole. |
| No. 5 | "Magnolia" The course architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie had the famous 17th hole at the Old Course in St. Andrews in mind when he created Magnolia. The two holes are particularly similar where the difficult approach shot is concerned. The green is just in front of the trees. If the shot is too long, the ball lands either in the trees or in the small bunker at the edge of the green. If too short, the ball inevitably rolls down the slope and comes to rest on the fairway. |
| No.6 | "Jupiter" Holes 6,5 and 4 are a troublesome trio. At 0,62 over par, the average number of strokes is higher even than for the much-feared Amen Corner. As Arnold Palmer once explained, it is above all the very challenging greens that make this trio so difficult. And he should know, for he shares the distinction with Jose Maria Olazabal of having needed the highest number of strokes - seven - at the 6th hole. |
| No.7 | "Pampas" Seve Ballesteros was playing the 17th hole when he delivered such tremendous drive that the ball flew through the top of a pine-tree, landed on the 7th fairway, rolled through two bunkers and finally came to rest 13 feet from the flag on the 7th green. David Graham, who was leading at the time, was moved to comment sarcastically as he walked onto the green: "Nice drive. Want to play through?" - "You bet I'm a good driver," Ballesteros retorted. "That's the first time I've hit the 7th green today, I missed it earlier on." Despite the unfortunate stroke, Ballesteros won the 1980 Masters. |
| No.8 | "Yellow Jasmine" In 1967 Bruce Devlin achieved an Albatross at the 8th hole, the only player ever to have done so. An Albatross means playing a holea t three under par. In Devlin's case that means that he holed the ball in just two shots at the par Yellow Jasmine. |
| No.9 | "Carolina Cherry" If there is a course that is constantly changed and adapted to the latest standard, this is the one. In line with the motto of the first chairman Clifford Roberts, "We do not change Augusta National, we improve it," the 9th hole alone has been progressively lengthened over time, with additional trees planted and bunkers located to make life a little harder. After the latest changes by course architect Tom Fazio in 2002, the 9th hole was the most difficult on the entire course. Players are never able to feel confident in their strategy, as they are always confronted with new challenges. |
| No.10 | "Camellia" The 10th hole is where Jones' Cabin is located. This cottage built by Bobby Jones is where Masters players come together who have already completed their last round and have a good chance of victory. In 1987 Larry Mize was in the lead, and had to watch on TV whether Greg Norman, who lay in close second place, would manage to overtake him at the 18th hole. In fact Greg Norman drew level with him, so Mize was obliged to go out again for a play-off. He won this with a legendary chip at the second play-off hole. |
| No.11 | "White Gogwood" The 11th, 12th and 13th holes are collectively known as Amen Corner. Amen Corner is where the wheat is separated from the chaff, and following the example of Carl Jackson, who caddied for Masters Champion Ben Crenshaw for many years, many a prayer is sent to heaven from here: "I never told anyone, but whenever we were leaving the 11th green I would quickly say a silent prayer. I just thought we would need any help we could get." Amen Corner was given its name by the golf reporter Herbert Warren, after the incredibly exciting finish to the 1958 Masters. |
| No.12 | "Golden Bell" Jack Nicklaus considers it "the world's hardest tournament hole." High trees, three bunkers and the Rae's Creek water obstacle have meant a personal Waterloo for many a player. And for none more than Tom Weiskopf in 1980. After an excellent stroke his ball was diverted into the water by a gust of wind. He took his position to pitch the ball safely onto the green, dropped and once again landed in the water. Outwardly quite calm, he asked for another ball, dropped and tried the pitch. Into the water again. All in all, it tool Weiskopf 13 strokes to get the ball onto the dry land. |
| No.13 | "Azalea" It was at the 13th that Ben Hogan performed what he called "the best drive of my life." During his 1953 victory only he completed this hole at par. The spectacular thing for those days was the 262-yard drive with which he overcame the dogleg. This put him in the lead in a duel with Porky Oliver. At 66 strokes, Ben Hogan played the lowest round ever achieved in a Masters tournament. The Hogan Bridge that spans Rae's Creek at the 12th hole was named after him. |
| No.14 | "Chinese Fir" Chinese Fir has neither water obstacles nor a bunker, and with a length of 440 yards, it is not even the longest par 4 hole on the course. Nonetheless it counts as one of the most difficult holes in Augusta. Anybody who has stood on the green can tell you why: with its terraced structure and extreme contours, it kinks sharply from left to right. Owing to its numerous humps, it is also known as the green with the 'buried elephant'. |
| No.15 | "Firethorn" The final round of the second Masters in 1935: Gene Sarazen was walking down the 15th fairway when a loud cheer was heard from afar. The leader Craig Wood was already being acclaimed as the winner. Sarazan asked his caddie Stovepipe what he would need to win. "Shoot a 3 four times, Mr. Gene," Stovepipe answered. Sarazen's next stroke was explosive in its power. From his position Sarazen was unable to see how close the ball had come to the hole, but he heard the spectators roar their approval. He has holes the ball. Sarazen drew level with Craig Wood and won the subsequent play-off. |
| No.16 | "Red Bud" Fairway? - This stretch mainly consists of water. With the exception of a narrow strip of green, Redbud is played entirely over water. It also slopes markedly from right to left. Very precise positioning on the green is required to achieve a birdie, for example, i.e. one under par. |
| No.17 | "Nandina" This hole was made particularly famous by the American President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He had the unfortunately habit of hitting the same tree time and time again, so that he made repeated requests for the tree to be felled. He was unsuccessful, however. Indeed the name the club members have the tree as a result is now well-established: the Eisenhower Tree. |
| No.18 | "Holly" Victory in the 1961 Master was decided at the 18th hole. In a duel between Gary Player and Arnold Palmer, Player emerged victorious after an overconfident Palmer messed up the decisive shot. "I thought I would simply place the ball near the hole, then sink it with a putt," Palmer recalled. Instead the ball flew out of the bunker, across the green and landed well off the course. |
| No.1 | "Tea Olive" A world consisting of 18 holes: founder Bobby Jones saw Augusta as homage to the Old Course in St. Andrews in Scotland. This is where the members of the St. Andrews Golfers Society came together in 1764 to consider the number of holes of which a round of golf should consist. One member volunteered: "I can obtain eighteen 'drams' from a bottle of whiskey. When the bottle is empty, the round is over. It's the same with a round of golf." Whether this influenced the Society's decision to play 18 holes is not know but as the Society has an enormous influence over the development of golf at the time, eighteen holes quickly became the worldwide standard. |
| No.2 | "Pink Dogwood" The final round of the 2002 Masters, Tiger Woods sunk a chip at the 2nd hole, an approach shot from right near the green, the ball only flew a short distance and rolled the rest of the way to the hole. A brilliant stroke on the way to victory in the Masters. |
| No.3 | "Flowering Peach" At first sight Flowering Peach appears to be a straight-forward hole, but this is precisely where Jeff Maggert had problems in the final round of the 2003 Masters. When he attempted to free the ball from a difficult bunker, it struck the edge of the bunker, bounced back, hit him on the check and fell back into the bunker. |
| No. 4 | "Flowering Crab Apple" It was at the 4th hole that Jeff Sluman achieved a "hole-in-one" at the 1992 Masters. This is a dram of all golfers, where the ball is holed directly from the tee. To this day Sluman is the only golfer to have managed this stroke of luck at the 4th hole. |
| No. 5 | "Magnolia" The course architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie had the famous 17th hole at the Old Course in St. Andrews in mind when he created Magnolia. The two holes are particularly similar where the difficult approach shot is concerned. The green is just in front of the trees. If the shot is too long, the ball lands either in the trees or in the small bunker at the edge of the green. If too short, the ball inevitably rolls down the slope and comes to rest on the fairway. |
| No.6 | "Jupiter" Holes 6,5 and 4 are a troublesome trio. At 0,62 over par, the average number of strokes is higher even than for the much-feared Amen Corner. As Arnold Palmer once explained, it is above all the very challenging greens that make this trio so difficult. And he should know, for he shares the distinction with Jose Maria Olazabal of having needed the highest number of strokes - seven - at the 6th hole. |
| No.7 | "Pampas" Seve Ballesteros was playing the 17th hole when he delivered such tremendous drive that the ball flew through the top of a pine-tree, landed on the 7th fairway, rolled through two bunkers and finally came to rest 13 feet from the flag on the 7th green. David Graham, who was leading at the time, was moved to comment sarcastically as he walked onto the green: "Nice drive. Want to play through?" - "You bet I'm a good driver," Ballesteros retorted. "That's the first time I've hit the 7th green today, I missed it earlier on." Despite the unfortunate stroke, Ballesteros won the 1980 Masters. |
| No.8 | "Yellow Jasmine" In 1967 Bruce Devlin achieved an Albatross at the 8th hole, the only player ever to have done so. An Albatross means playing a holea t three under par. In Devlin's case that means that he holed the ball in just two shots at the par Yellow Jasmine. |
| No.9 | "Carolina Cherry" If there is a course that is constantly changed and adapted to the latest standard, this is the one. In line with the motto of the first chairman Clifford Roberts, "We do not change Augusta National, we improve it," the 9th hole alone has been progressively lengthened over time, with additional trees planted and bunkers located to make life a little harder. After the latest changes by course architect Tom Fazio in 2002, the 9th hole was the most difficult on the entire course. Players are never able to feel confident in their strategy, as they are always confronted with new challenges. |
| No.10 | "Camellia" The 10th hole is where Jones' Cabin is located. This cottage built by Bobby Jones is where Masters players come together who have already completed their last round and have a good chance of victory. In 1987 Larry Mize was in the lead, and had to watch on TV whether Greg Norman, who lay in close second place, would manage to overtake him at the 18th hole. In fact Greg Norman drew level with him, so Mize was obliged to go out again for a play-off. He won this with a legendary chip at the second play-off hole. |
| No.11 | "White Gogwood" The 11th, 12th and 13th holes are collectively known as Amen Corner. Amen Corner is where the wheat is separated from the chaff, and following the example of Carl Jackson, who caddied for Masters Champion Ben Crenshaw for many years, many a prayer is sent to heaven from here: "I never told anyone, but whenever we were leaving the 11th green I would quickly say a silent prayer. I just thought we would need any help we could get." Amen Corner was given its name by the golf reporter Herbert Warren, after the incredibly exciting finish to the 1958 Masters. |
| No.12 | "Golden Bell" Jack Nicklaus considers it "the world's hardest tournament hole." High trees, three bunkers and the Rae's Creek water obstacle have meant a personal Waterloo for many a player. And for none more than Tom Weiskopf in 1980. After an excellent stroke his ball was diverted into the water by a gust of wind. He took his position to pitch the ball safely onto the green, dropped and once again landed in the water. Outwardly quite calm, he asked for another ball, dropped and tried the pitch. Into the water again. All in all, it tool Weiskopf 13 strokes to get the ball onto the dry land. |
| No.13 | "Azalea" It was at the 13th that Ben Hogan performed what he called "the best drive of my life." During his 1953 victory only he completed this hole at par. The spectacular thing for those days was the 262-yard drive with which he overcame the dogleg. This put him in the lead in a duel with Porky Oliver. At 66 strokes, Ben Hogan played the lowest round ever achieved in a Masters tournament. The Hogan Bridge that spans Rae's Creek at the 12th hole was named after him. |
| No.14 | "Chinese Fir" Chinese Fir has neither water obstacles nor a bunker, and with a length of 440 yards, it is not even the longest par 4 hole on the course. Nonetheless it counts as one of the most difficult holes in Augusta. Anybody who has stood on the green can tell you why: with its terraced structure and extreme contours, it kinks sharply from left to right. Owing to its numerous humps, it is also known as the green with the 'buried elephant'. |
| No.15 | "Firethorn" The final round of the second Masters in 1935: Gene Sarazen was walking down the 15th fairway when a loud cheer was heard from afar. The leader Craig Wood was already being acclaimed as the winner. Sarazan asked his caddie Stovepipe what he would need to win. "Shoot a 3 four times, Mr. Gene," Stovepipe answered. Sarazen's next stroke was explosive in its power. From his position Sarazen was unable to see how close the ball had come to the hole, but he heard the spectators roar their approval. He has holes the ball. Sarazen drew level with Craig Wood and won the subsequent play-off. |
| No.16 | "Red Bud" Fairway? - This stretch mainly consists of water. With the exception of a narrow strip of green, Redbud is played entirely over water. It also slopes markedly from right to left. Very precise positioning on the green is required to achieve a birdie, for example, i.e. one under par. |
| No.17 | "Nandina" This hole was made particularly famous by the American President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He had the unfortunately habit of hitting the same tree time and time again, so that he made repeated requests for the tree to be felled. He was unsuccessful, however. Indeed the name the club members have the tree as a result is now well-established: the Eisenhower Tree. |
| No.18 | "Holly" Victory in the 1961 Master was decided at the 18th hole. In a duel between Gary Player and Arnold Palmer, Player emerged victorious after an overconfident Palmer messed up the decisive shot. "I thought I would simply place the ball near the hole, then sink it with a putt," Palmer recalled. Instead the ball flew out of the bunker, across the green and landed well off the course. |
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